Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-01

j really true our people will be Tar healthier.
! The healthiest and iongest-liyed people in
! the world are these who live mainly upon
| fruit and vegetable diet.
Ihird-CaliiorBia produces
THE GREATEST VARIETY
Ana best quality OF fruit of any country
in the civilized world Her fruit, whether
green, dried or preserved, is az premium
in almost all the markets Of the world 1t
has already attained sucha reputation that
all the retail stores and markets in the
East mast keep our canned and dried fruits
constantly in stock, in order TO hold their
trade All with whom eonversed on my
last trip East admitted this fact, though
many Of them appeared to feel Inundated
by the admission. So much for the name
or the reputation Of our fruit. 1t has al
ready such a foothold on the markets of
the world that no competition can stop it
its march must always be onward and
upward" Our packers and merchants are
too sArewd and far-seeing to lose the
prestige they have gained On the con-
trary, they are annually growing more
careful, taking far more pains in selecting,
asserting and packing, and the growers are
constantly learning and improving in the
raising and curing of fruits.
OUR BEST PACKS
OF raisins and prunes have already equaled,
and in some cases excelled, the best Euro
pean brands. Thus, it will be seen that
there is no danger of losing our good name,
so long as we pack good qualities and keep
our contracts TO deliver good qualities.
Fourth-Our geographical position
gives US superior market advantages, not
equaled by any other country. Immedi-
ately on the north and east of us, We have
mineral and timbered region, in extent
larger than all the States east of the Mis-
souri, river, that must and viii be settled
up on account Of the vast mineral beds and
immense timber fields that are to be
opened up, and are now being worked.
Of this immense area, none can be called q
fruit country" and it must therefore al
ways draw supplies from California
Again, we have all the States and large,
cities east of the Rocky Mountains that
want, and must have, our fruits. They do
now, and will always continue TO, take
millions of pounds of it. These, as we'll
as our other markets, must continue to in
crease for all time to come And besides,
we are in the center of the great CONNER
cial world at large with the longest stretch
of seacoast Of any other State, with num-
Der of ports and good harbors, with ships
from all parts of the world coming to US,
ready to carry our fruit to
EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE.
Our enterprising merchants are constantly
finding new channels and markets that are
taking more of our products and still
more every succeeding year. Who would
have thought, a few ye ars ago, that green
apples, as well as dried and canned goods,
would have found their way to the ports
of Australia, China, Japan and the Sand
witch Islands? Who would have thought,
a few years ago, that Liverpool and other
European ports would now be taking our
canned and dried fruits by whole ship
loads? When we take proper view of
this subject it would seem as if the limit
to cur market Is only TO be measured by
our ability to supply.